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This is NOT a Fairy Tale

Fred Blunt & Will Mabbitt

A sequel to the acclaimed This Is Not A Bedtime Story by rising stars Will Mabbitt and Fred Blunt. Sophie doesn’t want a fairy tale about drippy princesses and pompous princes, she wants the princess to do the rescuing, with a ferocious, fighting transformer! Together Sophie and her dad revolutionise story time for a second […]

Animals, Fairy tales and folk tales, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Myths and Legends, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

Ash Mistry and the World of Darkness – The Ash Mistry Chronicles Book 3

Sarwat Chadda

Book three in the incredible action-adventure trilogy about Ash Mistry, reluctant hero and living weapon of the death goddess Kali. Ash Mistry is in a world of pain. A parallel world in fact, where another version of him seems to be living his life, and the evil Lord Savage – now all-powerful and adored by […]

Adventure, Family, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Myths and Legends, Religion

AGES: 10-12

Arrowhead

Ruth Eastham

When thirteen-year-old Jack moves to Norway, he’s sure there’s no truth in the local myths and legends. But then he comes face to face with one: the body of a Norse warrior boy, frozen in the ice, and carrying with him an ancient arrowhead – that contains a terrible curse. If Jack’s going to survive, […]

Adventure, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Historical, Myths and Legends

AGES: 12-14

The Day the Rains Fell

Anne Faundez & Karin Littlewood

Long ago, when the world was new, Lindiwe gazed down from the heavens, proud of the earth and the creatures she’d created. She and her daughter Thandi swooped down to check their work, only to discover something was wrong. Everything was wilting and dusty and the animals looked sad; the earth needed rain. When the […]

Animals, Family, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

Wolf Brother

Michelle Paver

Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined. In this page-turning, original, and spectacularly told adventure story, Torak and Wolf are joined by an incredible cast of characters […]

Adventure, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Identity, Myths and Legends, Nature/ Outdoors, Survival

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Under the Great Plum Tree

Sufiya Ahmed

An unlikely friendship between Miss Bandari and Mr Magarmach forms when the pair meet under the great plum tree, deep in the heart of India. Mr Magarmach is old and his hunting days are over but Miss Bandari loves hearing his stories as they munch plums together. One day their friendship is tested but with […]

Animals, Fairy tales and folk tales, Fiction, Folklore & Folk Tales, Friendship, Jungle, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Nature/ Outdoors, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

Shadow Magic

Joshua Khan

In a world ruled by six ancient Houses of Magic, a girl and a boy begin an epic and dangerous journey of discovery …After her parents’ murder, 13-year-old Lilith “Lily” Shadow rules Gehenna from Castle Gloom, an immense and windowless citadel. Once Lily’s ancestors commanded spirits, communed with the dead, and raised armies from out […]

Adventure, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Magic, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends

AGES: 10-12

Here be Dragons

Sarah Mussi

Ellie Morgan wants a boy who’s all hers. Just for once, it would be nice to meet someone that Sheila the cow hadn’t got her claws in to. A remote farmhouse on Mount Snowdon is hardly the ideal setting for meeting anyone – unless, of course, you count her best friend George or creepy Darren […]

Adventure, Fiction, Friendship, Love, Mount Snowdon, Myths and Legends, Spooky/Scary, Welsh myths

AGES: 12-14

Island

Chris Riddell & Nicky Singer

Urban teenager Cameron arrives on an uninhabited Arctic Island. He’s prepared for ice and storms and, stripped of his smart technology, possibly boredom. But he’s not prepared for 24-hour daylight and erupting graves! At first Cameron believes the explanations of his research scientist mother. But, as the island reveals itself to him, he begins to […]

Animals, Environment/Climate Change, Faith/ Culture, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Historical, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Nature/ Outdoors, Travel

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

Tales from Schwartzgarten: The Woebegone Twins: Book 2

Christopher William Hill

When twins Greta and Feliks are sent to the ill-omened Schwartzgarten Reformatory for Maladjusted Children it seems their fate is sealed: that is until they are rescued by the glamorous Olga Van Veenen, a fabulously wealthy children’s author, plagued by writer’s block. But Olga’s life is apparently in danger, threatened by a second-rate novelist who […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

Koshka’s Tales

James Mayhew

The wise old storytelling cat, Koshka, recounts the magical legends of Russia as she sits in an oak tree on the remote Island of Bouyan telling stories to the Tsarita and her son. These enchanting stories are beautifully illustrated in full color in the rich tradition of Russian folk art.

Faith/ Culture, Fiction, Folklore & Folk Tales, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends

AGES: 10-12

The Knight who said “No!”

Kate Hindley

Ned the knight ALWAYS does exactly what he’s told. When his parents ask him to pick up his toys, dig up the cabbages or go to bed on time, he does it all with a smile. And when the dragon swoops into town every night, he always runs inside just as he’s asked. But one […]

Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Myths and Legends

AGES: 3-7

The Legend of Robin Hood

Michaela Morgan

The Legend of Robin Hood describes how Robin Hood became an outlaw, formed his band of Merry Men and met Maid Marion.

Adventure, Fairy tales and folk tales, Folklore & Folk Tales, Friendship, Myths and Legends, Nature/ Outdoors, Romantic

AGES: 10-12

Hercules the Hero

Michaela Morgan

Hercules the Hero, an adaption of the legendary Hercules tales. Born to battle beasts and mangle monsters, can Hercules complete twelve impossible tasks set by the evil King?

Fiction, Myths and Legends

AGES: 7-10

Ash Mistry and the City of Death

Sarwat Chadda

Ash Mistry is leading a pretty complicated life. There’s school, his unrequited crush on girl-next-door Gemma… and then there’s the fact that he’s the reincarnation of the great Indian hero Ashoka, not to mention the small detail that he died last year, and came back as an agent of the goddess of death. So when […]

Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Monsters, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Romantic, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

The Phoenix of Persia

Amin Hassanzadeh Sharif & Sally Pomme Clayton

In a bustling marketplace in Iran, a traditional storyteller regales her audience with the tale of Prince Zal and the Simorgh. High up on the Mountain of Gems lives the Simorgh, a wise phoenix whose flapping wings disperse the seeds of life across the world. When King Sam commands that his long-awaited newborn son Zal […]

Animals, Fairy tales and folk tales, Faith/ Culture, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Folklore & Folk Tales, Historical, Magic, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Picture Books, Waddesdon Manor

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

Pattan’s Pumpkin

Chitra Soundar

An exciting, vibrantly illustrated Flood Story from India

Family, Folklore & Folk Tales, Food, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Picture Books, Water

AGES: 3-7

Where Monsters Lie

Polly Ho-Yen

Are there monsters lurking in the loch..?

Fiction, Magic, Monsters, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends, Nature/ Outdoors, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 7-10

The Crow’s Tale

Naomi Howarth

A beautiful debut book from author-illustrator Naomi Howarth.

Animals, Fairy tales and folk tales, Faith/ Culture, Fiction, Folklore & Folk Tales, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Waddesdon Manor

AGES: 3-7

Soonchild

Alexis Deacon

A magical tale by celebrated author Russell Hoban, illustrated by Alexis Deacon

Animals, Magic, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Picture Books

AGES: 10-12

Greek Myths: Stories of Sun, Stone and Sea

Jane Ray & Sally Pomme Clayton

Pandora has been given the gift of curiosity, what will happen if she opens the forbidden magic jar?

Folklore & Folk Tales, Myths and Legends, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

Falling Out of the Sky

Rachel Piercey

Hansel and Gretel's witch takes us behind the scenes in her gingerbread cottage, and Medusa explains how the snakes on her head rule out a lot of options in everyday life – wearing a hat, for example.

Fairy tales and folk tales, Funny, Monsters, Myths and Legends, Poetry, Waddesdon Manor

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress

Sarwat Chadda

In a land of ancient palaces and ferocious deserts, where the gods and demons of the mythical past never die, one slightly pudgy boy from our time… is going to kick some monster butt!

Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Magic, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends, Travel

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Grendel

David Lucas

A charming and clever tale of a little monster who loves chocolate

Food, Myths and Legends, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

Masha and the Firebird

Margaret Bateson-Hill

Magical artwork enhances this beautiful story set in Russia.

Fairy tales and folk tales, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Magic, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

The Elephant’s Friend

Marcia Williams

These eight individual stories form a magical collection of India's best-loved animal folk tales.

Fairy tales and folk tales, Faith/ Culture, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Magic, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10